No sound Musescore 3
The cursor is moving through the score but I'm hearing nothing. The volume is turned up in Synthesizer and Play Panel. What to do? I reverted to factory setting but still no go. Running on Windows 10 laptop.
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Check the mixer, see also https://musescore.org/en/node/96811
In reply to Check the mixer by Shoichi
Thanks - I tried all this, but no go. Mixer vol is ok, sound font sp3 is there and permissions set ok.
In reply to Thanks - I tried all this,… by daviddd55
Did it ever play? Do you get sound when you enter a note? Can you get the metronome to turn on by clicking its button on the toolbar?
In reply to Did it ever play? Do you get… by mike320
I'm having the same problem.
I enter a note and nothing happens in terms of sound though the note is there.
When I hit play looks to start playing but suddenly stops before producing a sound or selecting a note (it kind of shimmys)
So the note is not actually playing AND there is no sound no matter which driver i am on.
I also can't see any Midi Devices to select in the I/O panel
I cycled through all the driver settings in I/O with the main speaker outs which work fine with YT videos right now and absolutely none worked.
I have the correct synthesizer file you mentioned #3.
I'm at a loss and ironically I'm trying to make a how to use MS video for my students that relateds to their assignment (now this is cruelly funny).
I tried unistall and reinstall and it just reverted back to all of my old settings...
In reply to I'm having the same problem… by soundknight@gm…
Did you try everything suggested in the link provide above (https://musescore.org/en/node/96811)?
What OS, what version of MuseScore? It could be that your audio drivers are only 32 bit but you need 64 bit drivers for MuseScore. There are also some known incompatibilities, some mentioned in that article, others in the Handbook under "Known incompatibilities".
In reply to Thanks - I tried all this,… by daviddd55
@ daviddd55, esp. on Windows, go into your soundcard configuration from Control Panel and ensure that the "Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device" in the Advanced tab of both Playback and Recording is unticked.
Open Inspector, select notes to check the 'Velocity' settings
In reply to Thanks - I tried all this,… by daviddd55
re mike320: It was playing a week ago but one time I started it up a few days ago it wouldn't play. I was trying to set it up to run with Bluetooth but it didn't work at all then. No sounds when I enter a note, and no metronome.
re Shoichi: application are set as allowed, and what to do with the velocity setting in Inspector?
In reply to re mike320: It was playing a… by daviddd55
Start MuseScore after Bluetooth are switched on
Also check I/O Preferences
The Velocity value edit higher for louder, lower for softer https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/dynamics#adjust-properties
In reply to re mike320: It was playing a… by daviddd55
Shoichi was going in the same direction I was. He was curious if the velocity type in the inspector for notes was changed to user, from offset. If the Velocity number is 0 with a user velocity type, there will be no sound. If the type is offset, then the 0 means there is no change from the dynamic mark. I suspect that's not an issue.
To get Bluetooth to work correctly, you need to turn on the bluetooth device then start MuseScore. Since you're on Windows 10, right click the speaker icon on the task bar and select Volume Mixer and make sure MuseScore 3 is not muted. This sometimes happens when adding other devices.
In reply to Shoichi was going in the… by mike320
All that is ok, everything in sound settings looks normal, and everything else that can produce sund on the laptop does so....:(
In reply to All that is ok, everything… by daviddd55
Blue tooth is set up correctly with the laptop, but still no sound either from BT or laptop speakers whilst song is running in Musescore. Maybe I need to reinstall M3?
In reply to Blue tooth is set up… by daviddd55
That almost never works. Perhaps someone with more knowledge of accessories will comment. It's like related to the synthesizer not recognizing your bluetooth, but I've never used anything like that.
In reply to Blue tooth is set up… by daviddd55
It's odd - Everything else on the laptop has sound with both BT and the laptop speakers, even Musescore 2 has sound, but Musescore 3 has no sound in either case. Thanks for trying.
I have the same pb since I used MuseScore 3
It is the same in Ubuntu Studio 18.04.1 LTS (64 bit Linux).
I'm working around this with the following procedure:
1) Open the "EDIT" menu.
2) Click on the "PREFERENCES" option.
3) Click on the "INPUT/OUTPUT" tab.
4) Click on the "RESTART ALL SOUND AND MIDI DEVICES" button.
5) Then, click on the "OKAY" button.
Then I can to hear the beautiful music sound (but, with the cursor full out-of-synchro).
BTW: I think it is a very serious bug.
In reply to It is the same in Ubuntu… by jotape1960
Works a treat dude - thanks for that
In reply to It is the same in Ubuntu… by jotape1960
Worked for me too on Windows 10! Thanks!
In reply to Worked for me too on Windows… by mikaelairene
This worked for me. Windows 10. Thank you!
In reply to It is the same in Ubuntu… by jotape1960
Thanks. This worked for me too. I'm hoping I won't need to do it every time I restart Musescore. The developers messed up on this for sure.
In reply to It is the same in Ubuntu… by jotape1960
This didn't work for me. It just randomly started not allowing playback on all MDL instruments across all my scores.
In reply to This didn't work for me. It… by AveryBondesön
Only MDL? Sounds like you may need to check the soundfonts on the Zerberus tab, your MDL soundfont may be missing.
In reply to Only MDL? Sounds like you… by Marc Sabatella
How would I do this? I apologize, I'm technologically retarded.
In reply to Only MDL? Sounds like you… by Marc Sabatella
Nevermind, I figured it out, this worked. Thank you
In reply to It is the same in Ubuntu… by jotape1960
Thanks so much!
In reply to It is the same in Ubuntu… by jotape1960
Thanks - that worked for me too!
It's not clear to me from the discussion what Bluetooth device the OP is using -- speakers with a Bluetooth connection to a laptop?
Bluetooth is notoriously flakey. But one thing I've found is that it's essential to get a specific message that your driving device (what sends the sound to the speakers) and the speakers are paired, and the message should be both on the driving device (usually a text note saying that the device is paired) and the speaker (usually a voice saying something like "device paired.") Some speakers or earphones won't automatically pair with Bluetooth; you have to either press a special button or press a special sequence of buttons with other functions to enable the pairing.
In reply to It's not clear to me from… by jcorelis
thanks jcorelis - it's not a BT problem because BT works fine with any other sound file on the laptop. The internal speaker sound is also ok with everyting but Musescore 3.
As a work around I was able to export the parts from the M3 scores and play as mp3. But they
still won't play in the score itself!
In reply to thanks jcorelis - it's not a… by daviddd55
Do you have your device selected in Edit / Preferences / I/O? have you tried closing and restarting MsueScore, and/or rebooting the computer?
In reply to Do you have your device… by Marc Sabatella
yes, Marc, I see the laptop speakers are selected in I/O; and I have closed / restarted / gone back to factory defaults, but still no sound. As I said exporting to mp3 is all I can do.
In reply to yes, Marc, I see the laptop… by daviddd55
Maybe MuseScore is muted in the Windows system mixer - try opening that by right-clicking the speaker icon in your taskbar / system tray.
In reply to yes, Marc, I see the laptop… by daviddd55
Marc, volume is up on all sliders in the laptop sound mixer...Musescore 3 is not even present - should it be?
In reply to Marc, volume is up on all… by daviddd55
Yes :-) Are you sure you see reaosnable things listed in Edit / Preferences / I/O? Can you post a screenshot?
In reply to Marc, volume is up on all… by daviddd55
Ha - I didn't have M3 opened when I checked the mixer sliders, and now it's open the M3 one is there, and muted! And I now have sound. Thanks very much for helping to sort this. I never have had to use the sliders so am not familiar with them. Thanks again, case closed I hope!
In reply to Ha - I didn't have M3 opened… by daviddd55
Excellent. If you've never used the Windows mixer before, it's very strange that MuseScore could have become muted, but maybe there is some sort of shortcut key for this I am not aware of - like maybe Windows+mute has this effect or something.
Hello, I'm on Linux Mint and I have the same problem, the cursor is moving but no sounds get out of the software. It don't work on Musescore 2 & 3.
I tried to "Restart Audio and MIDI Devices" but it had no effect...
Can you please help me ? :)
In reply to Hello, I'm on Linux Mint and… by Maxi_Mega
My Preferences/I/O (OS: Linux Mint 19, Arch.: i386, MuseScore version (32-bit): 3.1.0., revision: d4b829c)
See: https://musescore.org/en/node/96811
HTH
In reply to My Preferences/I/O (OS:… by Shoichi
I finally solved the problem, MuseScore changed the settings without my permission ...
PulseAudio was checked at the expense of ALSA Audio ^^
But thanks for your anwser ;)
Bye !
I have tried all these things and my audio still doesn't work in M3. Running on a windows 10 laptop.
In reply to I have tried all these… by Erik Solberg
One thing I don't see mentioned here is to go into the settings and make sure your sound output device has an up-to-date driver. This has been know to cause problems on some windows 10 systems after it updates itself.
In reply to I have tried all these… by Erik Solberg
In case of interference with other programs, esp. on Windows, go into your soundcard configuration from Control Panel and ensure that the "Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device" in the Advanced tab of both Playback and Recording is unticked.
From:
https://musescore.org/en/node/96811
I have the same problem, and before anybody give me advice to check the Bluetooth, drivers or other settings on my computer. This is NOT the problem. So far, I just have this mysterious error on one of almost 50 songs so this must be a bug.
The file for one of my songs is OK when I save it, but when I open it again it is silent just as others describe. Playing through the whole song there are sound from some parts and some voices, but I can not see any logic here.
Then when I try to turn on and off some of the solo and mute buttons in the mixer, it suddenly starts to play parts that was silent before and after a while it works perfectly. But then… when I save, close and open the file again it sometime is silent and I have to do the same procedure.
I use Musescore 3.
In reply to I have the same problem, and… by beritanne
MuseScore is silent and not playing back every time after a fresh start for a short while (like some 30 seconds), during which the SF3 Soundfont is extracted into memory. Workaround for this is to use an SF2 Soundfont.
In reply to I have the same problem, and… by beritanne
Me too. It is definitely a musescore problem. The "play section" is not even blue. Although this does not always happens, it happens a lot of times. Perhaps this version of musescore has a problem with loading the instrument sounds. It is really annoying. I guess that we just have to wait for them to fix the problem.
In reply to Me too. It is definitely a… by Duarte Domingues
See https://musescore.org/en/node/96811
Hi, I would like to requote Mike320 who posted the a workaround in 2019. Helped me in 2024. Just stopped getting sound that forced me to do a re-install of Musescore 3.6.2
Mike320 says "Since you're on Windows 10, right click the speaker icon on the task bar and select Volume Mixer and make sure MuseScore 3 is not muted. This sometimes happens when adding other devices."
Mine is Windows 11 and I was surprised to find that my Musescore 3 was MUTED. (Don't know how). I just unmuted it and it now works again like a charm. Thanks Mike and Musescore community.